A Proper Place (Kevin and Sadie, #4)
By: Joan Lingard
4.03
Format: 158 pages, Paperback
A Protestant girl and a Catholic boy from Northern Ireland cope with family members, the baptism of…
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1. Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (Fudge, #1)
By: Judy Blume
4.11
Format: 144 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Life with his little brother, Fudge, makes Peter Hatcher feel like a fourth grade nothing. Whether … read more
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- fiction
- childrens
- young adult
2. Forever...
By: Judy Blume
3.63
Format: 178 pages, Paperback
Katherine and Michael meet at a New Year's Eve party. They're attracted to each other, they grow to… read more
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- romance
- fiction
- young adult
"I made promises to you that I'm not sure I can keep."-Judy Blume, Forever...
"...love at thirteen is nothing like love at eighteen."-Judy Blume, Forever...
"You've got to enjoy whatever you can and forget about the rest."-Judy Blume, Forever...
"That's not a bad word...hate and war are bad words, but fuck isn't."-Judy Blume, Forever...
3. The Breadwinner (The Breadwinner, #1)
By: Deborah Ellis
4.00
Format: 171 pages, Paperback
Since the Taliban took over Afghanistan, 11-year-old Parvana has rarely been outdoors. Barred from … read more
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- fiction
- childrens
- young adult
- historical fiction
"We have to remember this,"-Deborah Ellis, The Breadwinner (The Breadwinner, #1)
"They were going to turn her into a boy."-Deborah Ellis, The Breadwinner (The Breadwinner, #1)
"These are unusual times. They call for ordinary people to do unusual things, just to get by."-Deborah Ellis, The Breadwinner (The Breadwinner, #1)
4. Tiger Eyes
By: Judy Blume
3.91
Format: 340 pages, Paperback
Davey has never felt so alone in her life. Her father is dead (shot in a holdup) and now her mother… read more
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- fiction
- childrens
- young adult
5. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
By: Muriel Spark
3.70
Format: 150 pages, Paperback
A teacher at a girl's school in Edinburgh during the 1930s comes into conflict with school authorit… read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
"It's only possible to betray where loyalty is due"-Muriel Spark, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
"[...] there were other people's Edinburghs quite different from hers [...]"-Muriel Spark, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
"... flattening their scorn underneath the chariot wheels of her superiority."-Muriel Spark, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
"To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil's soul."-Muriel Spark, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
6. Blubber
By: Judy Blume
4.05
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
The classic novel about bullying from America's No.1 children's author. read more
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- childrens
- young adult
7. A Breath of Snow and Ashes (Outlander, #6)
By: Diana Gabaldon
3.88
Format: 0 pages,
A Breath of Snow and Ashescontinues the extraordinary story of 18th-century Scotsman Jamie Fraser a… read more
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- romance
- fiction
- historical fiction
8. The Snakehead: An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream
By: Patrick Radden Keefe
4.22
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A mesmerizing narrative about the rise and fall of an unlikely international crime boss In the 1980… read more
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9. An Echo in the Bone (Outlander, #7)
By: Diana Gabaldon
3.60
Format: 253 pages, Hardcover
The Seventh Outlander novel from #1 National Bestselling author Diana Gabaldon. Jamie Fraser, erstw… read more
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10. Anne of Windy Poplars (Anne of Green Gables, #4)
By: L.M. Montgomery
4.02
Format: 288 pages, School & Library Binding
Anne Shirley has left Redmond College behind to begin a new job and a new chapter of her life away … read more
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- romance
- childrens
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
"…hate's got to be a disease with me."-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Windy Poplars (Anne of Green Gables, #4)
"We always hate people who surprise our secrets…"-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Windy Poplars (Anne of Green Gables, #4)
"A cold in the head in June is an immoral thing..."-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Windy Poplars (Anne of Green Gables, #4)
"Today has been a day dropped out of June into April."-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Windy Poplars (Anne of Green Gables, #4)
11. White Teeth
By: Zadie Smith
4.53
Format: 288 pages,
On New Year's morning, 1975, Archie Jones sits in his car on a London road and waits for the exhaus… read more
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12. Anne's House of Dreams (Anne of Green Gables, #5)
By: L.M. Montgomery
4.17
Format: 227 pages, Mass Market Paperback
This is an alternate cover edition for ISBN 9780553213188 Anne's own true love, Gilbert Blythe, … read more
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- romance
- childrens
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- fiction
- historical fiction
"…but youth yearned to youth."-L.M. Montgomery, Anne's House of Dreams (Anne of Green Gables, #5)
"We belong to the race that knows Joseph"-L.M. Montgomery, Anne's House of Dreams (Anne of Green Gables, #5)
"Death grows friendlier as we grow older."-L.M. Montgomery, Anne's House of Dreams (Anne of Green Gables, #5)
"It takes all kinds of people to make a world."-L.M. Montgomery, Anne's House of Dreams (Anne of Green Gables, #5)
13. The Switch
By: Beth O'Leary
3.95
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
Eileen is sick of being 79.Leena's tired of life in her twenties.Maybe it's time they swapped place… read more
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- romance
- fiction
"I'm a teacher... no millions at stake, just futures."-Beth O'Leary, The Switch
"If you're holding someone close enough, you can be the shoulder and the crier."-Beth O'Leary, The Switch
"Is it really an adventure if you don't make at least one ill-advised decision?"-Beth O'Leary, The Switch
"I think you should know,' he says. 'I like you. Like I shouldn't. That sort of like."-Beth O'Leary, The Switch
14. Milkman
By: Anna Burns
3.53
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
In this unnamed city, to be interesting is dangerous. Middle sister, our protagonist, is busy attem… read more
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- irish literature
- fiction
- historical fiction
"how much I’d been thwarted into a carefully constructed nothingness by that man"-Anna Burns, Milkman
"It’s not about being happy,’ he said, which was, and still is, the saddest remark I’ve ever heard."-Anna Burns, Milkman
"also found the situation unworkable. Not just unworkable – ridiculous. Not just ridiculous – perturbing."-Anna Burns, Milkman
"even though it was weird to talk on the telephone. Only eight times, seven, maybe six, ever had I done so."-Anna Burns, Milkman
15. Black Butterflies
By: Priscilla Morris
4.25
Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition
Sarajevo, spring 1992. Each night, nationalist gangs erect barricades, splitting the diverse city i… read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
16. Trespasses
By: Louise Kennedy
4.00
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Set in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, a shattering novel about a young woman caught between … read more
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- irish literature
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17. Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent
By: Judi Dench
4.56
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Discover the work of the greatest writer in the English language as you've never encountered it bef… read more
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"There's magic to be mined in mistakes."-Judi Dench, Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent
"[Judi Dench, referring to departed colleagues] Where are all those people? Can't believe it. How can it happen? They were so alive and -- so present, so vital. That's why we have to love the now, hav…"-Judi Dench, Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent
18. Wandering Souls
By: Cecile Pin
4.15
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A luminous, boldly imagined debut novel about three Vietnamese siblings who seek refuge in the UK, … read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
"We tell ourselves stories in order to live. We tell ourselves stories in order to heal."-Cecile Pin, Wandering Souls
"I didn't know that my culture had fashioned the shape of my mourning; I didn't know that my grief could be improper."-Cecile Pin, Wandering Souls
19. The Case Against the Sexual Revolution: A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century
By: Louise Perry
4.28
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
Ditching the stuffy hang-ups and benighted sexual traditionalism of the past is an unambiguously po… read more
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"Prostitution has never been a matter of personal choice or female empowerment. Rather, the role of 'buyer' versus 'seller' has always been determined not only by sex but also by race, nationality and…"-Louise Perry, The Case Against the Sexual Revolution: A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century
"Sex workers can act as sources of sex advice only if we understand sex to be a skillset that must be learned and refined across different partners, with good sex a result not of intimacy but of good …"-Louise Perry, The Case Against the Sexual Revolution: A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century
"We should treat our sexual partners with dignity. We should not regard other people as merely body parts to be enjoyed. We should aspire to love and mutuality in all of our sexual relationships, rega…"-Louise Perry, The Case Against the Sexual Revolution: A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century
20. The Long Game (The Long Game, #1)
By: Elena Armas
3.59
Format: 373 pages, Paperback
A disgraced soccer exec reluctantly enlists the help of a retired soccer star in coaching a childre… read more
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- fiction
21. A Proper Place (Kevin and Sadie, #4)
By: Joan Lingard
4.03
Format: 158 pages, Paperback
A Protestant girl and a Catholic boy from Northern Ireland cope with family members, the baptism of… read more
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- childrens
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- irish literature
